Wall yield threshold and effective turgor in growing bean leaves |
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Authors: | E Van Volkenburgh R E Cleland |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Botany, University of Washington, 98195 Seattle, WA, USA |
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Abstract: | The rate of cell enlargement depends on cell-wall extensibility (m) and on the amount of turgor pressure (P) which exceeds the wall yield threshold (Y). The difference (P-Y) is the growth-effective turgor (P
e). Values of P, Y and P
ehave been measured in growing bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) leaves with an isopiestic psychrometer, using the stress-relaxation method to derive Y. When rapid leaf growth is initiated by light, P, Y and P
eall decrease. Thereafter, while the growth rate declines in maturing leaves, Y continues to decrease and P
eactually increases. These data confirm earlier results indicating that the changes in light-stimulated leaf growth rate are primarily controlled by changes in m, and not by changes in P
e. Seedlings incubated at 100% relative humidity have increased P, but this treatment does not increase growth rate. In some cases Y changes in parallel with P, so that P
eremains unchanged. These data point out the importance of determining P
e, rather than just P, when relating cell turgor to the growth rate.Abbreviations and symbols FC
fusicoccin
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m
wall extensibility
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P
turgor pressure
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P
e
effective turgor
- RH
relative humidity
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Y
yield threshold
- w
water potential
- s
osmotic potential |
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Keywords: | Cell wall extensibility Leaf growth Phaseolus (leaf growth) Turgor Yield threshold |
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